The colorful city: Istanbul, WHERE DOES ISTANBUL'S NAME COME FROM?
Istanbul has been given different names throughout the ages. These names differing in various periods of history are Byzantion, Augusta Antonina, Nova Roma, Constantinople, Konstantiniyye and today's Istanbul, respectively.
Byzantion: Byzantion is the first known name of Istanbul. B.C. In 667, the Dorian Greek settlers from the city-state of Megara in Ancient Greece established a colony over today's Istanbul and the new colony is named after their king Byzas or Byzantas: Byzantion. In some sources it is also referred to as Byzantium.
Byzantium, M.S. It is the Latinized version given by the Romans when they conquered in the 1st century.
Augusta Antonina: It is the short term name of the city named by the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus in Istanbul in honor of his son Antonius.
Nova Roma: M.S. When the Roman Emperor Constantine I was declared the capital of the Roman Empire in 330, he named the city Nova Roma, which means "New Rome" in Latin.
Constantinople: M.S. With the death of Emperor Constantine I in 337, the name of the city was changed to Constantinople, which means "city of Constantine" in his honor. Constantinople remained the city's official name throughout the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. But Constantinople was referred to by the natives of the city only as (Polis), which means "city" in Greek. After the conquest of the city by Fatih Sultan Mehmed in 1453, the city was declared the fourth capital of the Ottoman Empire and Constantinople continued to be used for a long time. On 29 October 1923 after the Republic of Turkey was founded in Constantinople name used by Westerners during the first 7 years.
Konstantiniyye: Constantinople is the Arabic form of Constantinople. It is the most known and most used name in the Islamic world. Constantinople, which means "the city of Constantine" in Greek, means "the place of Constantine" in Kostantiniyye Arabic.
However, in some periods, the Ottoman authorities for the city: Dersaadet (Arabic: "Happiness Gate"), Darâliye (Arabic: "Yüce Kapı"), Bâb-ı Âli (Arabic: "Yüce Kapı"), Pâyitaht (Persian: "The Foot of the Throne"). or "Capital") and Asitane (Persian: "Threshold of the State")
Istanbul: The Ottomans used the name Istanbul with the sound "i", which was used as a change in pronunciation of the names Istinpol / lstinpolis, Estanbol, istinbolin, Stinboli, Sitanbul used in the Roman period. Later, they named it Islâmbol, which means the center of Khilafah. Over time, his transition to Turkish was Istanbul.
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